Bad Horse Poetry Guide
Not sure if this is legal for the comm, but I figured it might be helpful if I posted a guide to the rhyme scheme and structure used in the Bad Horse choruses in Dr. Horrible, so people can make better Letters from the League (I myself just went back and fixed a letter in one of my fics, "The Real Villain").
(an explanation of notation: A/B/C refer to rhyming lines, X refers to a line that doesn't rhyme with anything, and the numbers are syllable counts)
It is recommended to include as many horse puns as possible.
Letter:
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(B13) [description of Bad Horse]
B12
B13
A8
A8
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(X4) Bad Horse, he’s bad
C13
C12
C13
(A8) [horse pun]
(A8) [5-syllable horse pun] Signed: Bad Horse.
Phone Call:
(ringtone takes the place of the starting “Bad Horse”x4)
D13
D12
D13
A8
(A8) [order] Signed: Bad Horse.
(an explanation of notation: A/B/C refer to rhyming lines, X refers to a line that doesn't rhyme with anything, and the numbers are syllable counts)
It is recommended to include as many horse puns as possible.
Letter:
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(B13) [description of Bad Horse]
B12
B13
A8
A8
(A4) Bad Horse, Bad Horse
(X4) Bad Horse, he’s bad
C13
C12
C13
(A8) [horse pun]
(A8) [5-syllable horse pun] Signed: Bad Horse.
Phone Call:
(ringtone takes the place of the starting “Bad Horse”x4)
D13
D12
D13
A8
(A8) [order] Signed: Bad Horse.